It's also JMS's show, too, not just the Wachowskis'. He's full co-creator and co-showrunner.

"What is all that howling and crashing…??"

Chronologically, it's still definitely a bit out-of-sequence, with the "May 3, 1902" dating on the newspaper at the beginning likely placing this episode prior to Lillian's birthday (which falls on 9/11). Unless they were catching up with back-issues or something like that.

"…No, you don't."

…The science works out.

In broader terms is what I was meaning there, definitely, but there are other similarities too besides the voice — both are wealthy East Coast socialites, and both have "recreational substance" fondnesses. I was mostly joking about it being a 1:1 analogue, but there are also a couple of other (probably unintentional)…

Also, love how Paget Brewster is basically straight-up playing Sadie Doyle on this show (albeit in the Victorian era, and unable to see ghosts…yet). Here's hoping Paul F. Tompkins makes an appearance soon.

"…MY GOD, that's the custard-bell. When I return, I expect you to be covered up — this isn't a bordello."

There was a Simpsons producer's panel/roundtable a couple years back in L.A., and an audience member asked this very question. One of the showrunners answered back, "Matt Groening has about as much to do with The Simpsons nowadays as Walt Disney did with The Emperor's New Groove."

If Parks & Rec taught us nothing else, yes…sadly, there are indeed.

This. They talk big online, but when the shit goes down and it's time to actually man up for reals, suddenly they've got something else going on that afternoon.

"Smegma Crazies to the left!! The gate! Gayboy Berserkers to the gate!!"

For this article, they've masked the RoT website's address with "donotlink.com"filters, which should help reduce any trending/attention from all of this.

"…Such an interesting name!"

Ah, I see what you meant there, now — I misunderstood you earlier, there. ;)

"When Bill Gates got married on Lanai, he rented every helicopter on the
Hawaiian islands so that the paparazzi couldn't fly over. Although in
that case, it was was a positive, because now you can imagine that wedding however you want."

DOG DAMMIT

"This is Keeko…Keeko was rescued after a Nicaraguan land-mine severed both of his arms."

Agreed, and loved reading JMS's own comments on GEnie from way back in, like, freaking 1991, literally as he's pitching B5 to Warner Bros., and him coyly teasing that a pilot deal was finally at hand after so many years, etc.

According to JMS, the main reason from all the way back in the first season as to why he only wanted a very minimal "footprint" onscreen by President Clark was because he always wanted Clark to be more just-offscreen force than person, which raised his mystique significantly. Even when he's not in the room, everyone's…